Hair Examination and Comparison

Class Code:

M201

Subject Area:

M - Microscopy and Trace Program

Class Location:

California Criminalistics Institute / Sacramento

Class Description:

This one-week (38-hour) course will provide students with a basic understanding of hair analysis. This class will cover the examination and comparison of human and animal hairs. Topics will include the evaluation of hair as evidence, microscopical features of human and animal hair and the evaluation of hair as DNA evidence. This course is intended for criminalists who identify hair and microscopically compare hairs to suspected sources and those who microscopically screen hairs for evidential value prior to DNA analysis. Each class is limited to 12 students.